Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;
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Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,
1 Peter
General EpistlesAnd oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense,
Exodus
LawAnd it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the first month, in the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd the glory of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it;
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept.
Mark
Gospels / MarkThe sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house.
2 Kings
HistoryI have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.
Job
Wisdom / JobMoreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did cast away in his transgression, have we prepared and sanctified, and, behold, they are before the altar of the LORD.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, who fell by their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the east land of Gilead.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraYe yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.
John
GospelsTherefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the LORD.
Leviticus
Law / MosesFor the kingdom is the LORD'S: and he is the governor among the nations.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersSurely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:
Job
Wisdom / JobAsaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-edom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals;
1 Chronicles
History / EzraI will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielNow when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.
Matthew
GospelsWherefore shew ye to them, and before the churches, the proof of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesThen came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.
Numbers
LawMy Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.